Two reports say SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage is believed to have struck the Moon early Wednesday, but no official confirmation has been issued. The National Post and The Hindu both reference the expectation that a roughly four-tonne Falcon 9 upper stage would make a lunar impact following a recent launch, with The Hindu citing a planned or predicted timing of about 06:35 GMT. Both outlets emphasize that the event is not yet confirmed, suggesting tracking and verification have not been completed or publicly released by the relevant agencies or mission teams. At this stage, the reports describe the impact as “believed” or “expected,” rather than confirmed, indicating uncertainty remains about whether the stage completed its trajectory as predicted and whether ground or observational data has been validated. No additional details on the launch, the mission’s objective, or the specific outcome of any lunar debris tracking are provided in the supplied excerpts. The situation is presented as pending verification.
SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage likely impacts Moon, though no official confirmation
Two reports say SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage is believed to have struck the Moon early Wednesday, but no official confirmation has been issued. The National Post and The Hindu both reference the expe...
- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage is believed to have hit the Moon early Wednesday.
- Neither report cites official confirmation of the impact.
- The upper stage is described as weighing about four tonnes.
- A predicted impact time of about 06:35 GMT is mentioned in at least one report.
- The reports present the event as expected or believed, not verified.
While there is not yet official confirmation that the Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface, it had been expected to make impact at approximately 0635 GMT
4 hours agoNo confirmation yet, but 4-tonne Falcon 9 upper stage was expected to hit the moon early Wednesday morning
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